Rumour Mill: Rangers crisis | Neil Lennon | Hibs

Rangers face a 25-point deduction in the Championship if they slump into administration again, Neil Lennon denies Norwich rumours, and a shake-up looms at Easter Road

Rangers boycott could lead to 25-point deduction

Ally McCoist's Rangers team could struggle to be promoted from the Championship. Picture: PA

RANGERS would start the 2014/15 Championship campaign with a 25-point deduction if the season-ticket boycott by supporters forces the club into administration any time after Saturday’s game against Dunfermline at East End Park.

SPFL sources last night confirmed that the Ibrox club’s season officially ends following their final league fixture and not once the play-offs have been completed on 25 May.

Rangers are 39 points clear in League One and would still be promoted even if they went bust before the weekend, but if an insolvency event happened after that it would seriously damage their hopes of winning promotion next season. (Daily Express)

Lennon denies Norwich rumours on German spying mission

NEIL Lennon flew to Germany last night to run the rule over potential Celtic signing targets and denied he had been approached by Norwich over the vacant manager’s job.

Finnish midfielder Alexander Ring and 13-goal striker Simon Zoller are believed to be on the Parkhead club manager’s shopping list as he took in Kaiserslautern’s Bundesliga 2 clash with Union Berlin.

But when asked about a possible link to relegation-haunted Canaries, Lennon said: “It is just speculation. I don’t know anything about that.” (The Sun)

Motherwell chief poised to take reins at Hibs

HIBERNIAN’S first major signing of the summer is set to be Motherwell’s chief executive Leeann Dempster.

The Fir Park supremo is tipped to take the same role as part of a major restructuring at the struggling Easter Road club.

Chairman Rod Petrie could also appoint a director of football and will try to lure former Hibs star Eddie May in to lead their youth set-up. (The Sun)

Kilmarnock sweat over fake signature allegations

KILMARNOCK will discover this week if they face a possible points deduction over allegations that a staff member forged a player’s signature so that he could play in a match against Celtic.

League chief Neil Doncaster has launched a probe into the claim and the SPFL’s legal advisor Rod McKenzie is set to announce his initial findings in the next 48 hours.

In England yesterday Wimbledon were hit with a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player, but Killie could stand accused of deliberately attempting to deceive the SPFL which would carry a heftier punishment. (Daily Record)

McInnes keen to bring Taylor-Sinclair back to Aberdeen

ABERDEEN want to take Partick Thistle defender Aaron Taylor-Sinclair back to the Granite City.

Dons manager Derek McInnes is on the lookout for a new left-back and former Pittodrie starlet Taylor-Sinclair, who is out of contract in the summer, is on his radar.

His early season form captured the attention of Celtic and Aberdeen could face stiff competition for his signing. (The Sun)

BT Sport Q&A: Rangers | Hibs | Neil Lennon

THIS week’s BT Sport video Q&A looks at whether Rangers fans will buy season tickets and if the club’s supporters will force a change of ownership.

The form of Hibs under Terry Butcher is also examined following the Easter Road side’s derby defeat while the future of Neil Lennon is also considered following the announcement that his assistant Johan Mjallby is to depart at the end of the season.

• Email your Scottish football question for the BT Sport panel to answer. The next show will be recorded on May 7 after St Johnstone v Celtic with the video available on The Scotsman website the following day. You can also tweet us @TheScotsman.

A line-up of experts will handle your questions after each BT Sport game. Most match days, the team includes Darrell Currie, Derek Rae and Gary McAllister.

Over this season, BT Sport will air 30 SPFL matches plus 10 Rangers games from the SPFL League One.

• T&C We can not guarantee which presenters will answer your questions. Questions are vetted and no correspondence will be entered into.

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